| Player | Seasons at Carlton | Seasons at Footscray | Other Clubs |
| Paddy O'Brien | 1913 - 1925 | 1925 - 1926 | Nil |
| Ted Baker | 1920 | 1934 | Collingwood; Geelong |
| Charlie Anderson | 1924 | 1927 | Richmond; South Melbourne |
| Norm Sexton | 1924 | 1931 | Nil |
| George Robbins | 1925, 1929 | 1929 - 1930 | St Kilda |
| Tom Mullens | 1926 | 1925 | Nil |
| Bernie O'Brien | 1931 | 1929 - 1930, 1933 - 1938 | Nil |
| Frank Walshe | 1932 | 1929 - 1931 | Nil |
| Frank Finn | 1934 | 1936 - 1937 | Nil |
| Bobby Mills | 1934 | 1929 | Nil |
| George Dougherty | 1934 - 1936 | 1942 - 1943 | Geelong; South Melbourne |
| Bert McTaggart | 1940 - 1941 | 1942 - 1945 | Nil |
| Frank Cahill | 1948 - 1949 | 1942 - 1944 | Nil |
| Tom Jones | 1951 - 1952 | 1953 - 1954 | Nil |
| John Reilly | 1962 - 1965 | 1966 - 1969 | Nil |
| Ken Greenwood | 1962 - 1966 | 1967 - 1972 | Nil |
| Adrian Gallagher | 1964 - 1972 | 1973 - 1975 | North Melbourne |
| Ian Robertson | 1966 - 1974 | 1974 | Nil |
| Gordon Casey | 1968 | 1969 - 1975 | Nil |
| Max O'Halloran | 1974 | 1972 - 1974 | Nil |
| Greg Towns | 1974 - 1979 | 1980 - 1982 | Nil |
| Denis Collins | 1978 - 1979 | 1972 - 1977 | Richmond |
| Robbert Klomp | 1979 - 1983 | 1983 - 1984 | Nil |
| Phil Maylin | 1980 - 1984 | 1985 - 1986 | Nil |
| Mark Williams | 1983 - 1988 | 1989 - 1990 | Nil |
| Bruce Reid | 1983 - 1985 | 1977 - 1982 | Nil |
| Simon Minton-Connell | 1989 - 1991 | 1997 - 1998 | Hawthorn; Swans |
| Mark Athorn | 1992 - 1993 | 1987 - 1989 | Sydney; Fitzroy |
| Matthew Hogg | 1992-1999 | 1988 - 1991 | Nil |
| James Cook | 1994 to 1995 | 1996 - 1999 | Melbourne |
| Ben Harrison | 1995 | 2001 - 2005 | Richmond |
| Ben Sexton | 1996 | 1991 to 1995 | Nil |
| Alan Thorpe+ | 1995 | 1993 to 1994 | Sydney |
| Jim Plunkett | 2001 - 2003 | 1999 - 2000 | Nil |
| Mark Austin | 2007 - 2011 | 2012 - 2014 | Nil |
| Andrejs Everitt | 2014 - 2016 | 2007 - 2010 | Sydney |
| Liam Jones | 2015 - 2021 | 2009 - 2014 | Nil |
| Jason Tutt | 2015 - 2016 | 2010 - 2014 | Nil |
| Billy Gowers | 2015 - 2016 | 2018 - 2020 | Nil |
| Lewis Young | 2022 - ? | 2018 - 2021 | Nil |
| Will Hayes | 2022 | 2019 - 2021 | Nil |
In addition to the above players, the Bulldogs had a number of attempts at recruiting Blues that were unsuccessful. The Doggies picked Mark Majerczak, Julian Shanks and Mark Naley over 1991 / 1992 but none of the gentleman ever added a red line to their blue & white guernseys.
+ NB Alan Thorpe did not play a senior game for Carlton